AAA

 1933

 Agricultural Adjustment Act

Protected farmers from price drops by providing crop subsidies to reduce production and educational programs to teach methods of preventing soil erosion. (Recovery)

CWA 

1933 

Civil Works Administration

Provided public works jobs mostly in construction at $15/week. Employed up to four million workers in 1934. (Recovery)

CCC

1933

Civilian Conservation Corps

Sent 250,000 young men to work camps to perform reforestation and conservation tasks. Removed surplus workers from cities, provided healthy conditions for young men working outdoors, and provided money for families.

 (Recovery)

FERA

1933

Federal Emergency Relief Act

Distributed millions of dollars of direct aid to unemployed workers and oversaw state relief systems. (Relief)

FDIC

1933

Glass-Steagall Act (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)

Created federally insured bank deposits ($2,500 per investor at first) to prevent bank failures and the loss of savings for Americans. (Reform)

NIRA

1933

National Industrial Recovery Act

Created the NRA to enforce codes of fair competition, minimum wages, and to permit collective bargaining, the ability to negotiate contracts with management, for workers. (Reform)

FLSA

1937

Fair Labor Standards Act

Established the following – Federal minimum wage; overtime pay (time and a half) for wage earners working more than 40 hours a week. Also prohibited work by children under age of 14. (Reform)

PWA

1933

Public Works Administration

Received $3.3 billion in appropriations from Congress for public works projects including building schools, hospitals, dams, bridges, and other major infrastructure projects. (Recovery)

REA

1935

Rural Electrification Administration 

Encouraged farmers to join cooperatives to bring electricity to farms. Despite its efforts, by 1940 only 40% of American farms were electrified. (Recovery)

SEC

1934

Securities Exchange Commission

Regulated and monitored the stock market, prevented fraud on the stock market, and restricted margin buying or paying for a portion of a stock. (Reform)

SSA

1935

Social Security Act

Provided a stable source of income, pensions, unemployment insurance, and aid to blind, deaf, disabled, and dependent American children and the elderly. (Reform)

TVA

1933

Tennessee Valley Authority

Under this agency the federal government built a series of dams to prevent flooding in the Tennessee River Valley and sold electricity to farms in the region. This was the first major clash of public competition with private power companies. (Recovery/Relief)

NLRB

1935

Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Board) 

Allowed workers to join unions without punishment for doing so, and outlawed union-busting tactics by management. Allowed for a relationship to exist between employer and employee where contracts could be negotiated by both parties. (Reform)

WPA

1935

Works Progress Administration

Employed 8.5 million workers in construction and other jobs, and even provided work in the arts, theater, and literary projects. (Recovery)